 At the Charleston, South Carolina, Navy Yard on 3 October 1917, five days before her commissioning. Formerly the GermanNicaria, seized by the United States in April 1917,Pensacola was designated AK-7 in 1920. | |
| History | |
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 German Empire | |
| Name | Nicaria |
| Namesake | The moth genusNicaria |
| Builder | Neptun Werft,Rostock, Germany |
| Launched | 18 August 1901 |
| Fate | Seized by the US government, 8 May 1917, atSouthport, North Carolina |
.jpg) USSPensacola (ID 2078) moored pierside at Philadelphia Navy Yard, 28 June 1918. | |
 United States | |
| Name | Pensacola |
| Namesake | Pensacola, Florida |
| Acquired | 9 June 1917 |
| Commissioned | 8 October 1917, as USSPensacola (SP-2078) |
| Decommissioned | 14 March 1925 |
| Reclassified |
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| Stricken | 14 March 1925 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold, 5 August 1925, to M. M. Davidson of Stockton, California |
| General characteristics[1] | |
| Displacement | 9,821 long tons (9,979 t) normal |
| Length | 353 ft 11 in (107.87 m) |
| Beam | 51 ft (16 m) |
| Draft | 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m) |
| Propulsion | steam |
| Speed | 9.5knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) |
| Complement | 144 officers and enlisted |
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USSPensacola (AK-7/AG-13) was a cargo ship in theUnited States Navy.
Pensacola was originally the German screw steamerNicaria, launched inRostock,Germany on 18 August 1901. She was seized by the U.S. government atSouthport, North Carolina, on 8 May 1917. She was transferred to theUnited States Navy on 9 June 1917, and commissioned on 8 October 1917.
Assigned to theNaval Overseas Transport Service in January 1918,Pensacola carried supplies from the United States toFrench and British ports. Returning from Brest to Philadelphia on 2 December 1918, she steamed to New York and sailed forTurkey on 25 January 1919 with a cargo for theSyrian-Armenian Relief, arriving atConstantinople on 12 March. Following her return to the United States on 15 April,Pensacola carried passengers and cargo to bases in the Caribbean. Returning to Norfolk on 9 June 1919, she was reassigned to the Navy Trans-Pacific transport service.
She operated in the Pacific until becoming a station ship at Guam 15 March 1922. ClassifiedAK-7 (Cargo Ship) on 17 July 1920,Pensacola was reclassifiedAG-13 (Miscellaneous Auxiliary) on 26 June 1922.
She decommissioned at Mare Island, California on 14 March 1925, was struck from theNavy Register the same day, and was sold to M. Davidson of Stockton, California, on 5 August 1925.
This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be foundhere.